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Where Were the Planets on May 15, 1977?

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On May 15, 1977, the Sun was in Taurus (24°31' at noon UTC), the Moon moved from Aries into Taurus, and the Moon phase was Waning Crescent (6% illuminated). Uranus, Neptune and Pluto were retrograde.

A quiet day in the sky: no planet changed sign or direction, and no exact planetary aspects formed.

Planetary Positions at Noon UTC

Signs and degrees at 12:00 UTC on May 15, 1977. The Moon moves about 13 degrees a day, from 19°59' Aries at midnight UTC to 1°56' Taurus at the end of the day.

Planetary positions on May 15, 1977
BodyPositionMotionIn Sign SinceNext Sign Change
Sun24°31'51" TaurusDirect into Gemini
Moon25°59'14" AriesDirect into Taurus
Mercury4°48'42" TaurusStationing retrograde into Gemini
Venus13°48'36" AriesDirect into Taurus
Mars13°41'43" AriesDirect into Taurus
Jupiter9°02'07" GeminiDirect into Cancer
Saturn10°59'07" LeoDirect into Virgo
Uranus9°07'44" ScorpioRetrograde into Sagittarius
Neptune15°19'22" SagittariusRetrograde into Capricorn
Pluto11°45'40" LibraRetrograde into Scorpio
North Node22°45'38" LibraDirect into Virgo

Sky Events on May 15, 1977

The Moon phase is Waning Crescent, 6% illuminated at noon UTC.

DateEventDetail
The Moon enters TaurusLeaves Aries

Born on May 15, 1977?

Venus and Mars sat less than a degree apart in Aries, a close conjunction shared by every chart from that day.

Planet signs are only part of the picture. Your rising sign changes about every two hours and the Moon moves half a degree an hour, so your exact birth time and place decide your houses, angles and Moon degree.

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